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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
Superordo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
Subordo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Aeolidioidea

Familia: Facelinidae
Genus: Cratena
Species (9): C. affinis – C. capensis – C. lineata – C. minor – C. peregrina – C. pilata – C. piutaensis – C. scintilla – C. simba
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on

WoRMS, with addition of C. minor

Name

Cratena
Synonymy

Rizzolia

References

Padula, V. et al. 2014: Is the Mediterranean nudibranch Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791) present on the Brazilian coast? Integrative species delimitation and description of Cratena minor n. sp. Journal of molluscan studies, DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu052 Reference page.

Cratena is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.[1]

Cratena is the type genus of the subfamily Crateninae.
Species

Species within the genus Cratena include:

Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949)
Cratena capensis Barnard, 1927 - orange-eyed nudibranch
Cratena lineata Eliot, 1905
Cratena minor Padula, Araújo, Matthews-Cascon & Schrödl, 2014
Cratena pawarshindeorum Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020
Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)
Cratena poshitraensis Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020
Cratena scintilla Ortea & Moro, 1998
Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970
Cratena tema Edmunds, 2015

Taxa inquirenda

Cratena cornuta (Risbec, 1928)
Cratena diffusa (Risbec, 1928)
Cratena grisea (Risbec, 1928)

Species brought into synonymy

Cratena anulata Baba, 1949: synonym of Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949)
Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
Cratena exigua Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)
Cratena fructuosa Bergh, 1892: synonym of Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892)
Cratena genovae O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)
Cratena gymnota (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
Cratena hirsuta Bergh, 1864: synonym of Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Cratena kaoruae Marcus, 1957: synonym of Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)[2]
Cratena lugubris Bergh, 1870: synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962: synonym of Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962)
Cratena nigricolora Baba, 1955: synonym of Catriona nigricolora (Baba, 1955)
Cratena pinnifera Baba, 1949: synonym of Catriona pinnifera (Baba, 1949)
Cratena piutaensis Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003: synonym of Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
Cratena puellula Baba, 1955: synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
Cratena pusilla Bergh, 1898: synonym of Cuthona pusilla (Bergh, 1898)
Cratena valentini Eliot, 1907: synonym of Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
Cratena venusta Baba, 1949: synonym of Catriona venusta (Baba, 1949)
Cratena veronicae A. E. Verrill, 1880: synonym of Cuthona veronicae (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
Cratena vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842): synonym of Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Cratena yatsui Baba, 1930: synonym of Herviella yatsui (Baba, 1930)

References

Bouchet, P. (2012). Cratena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146861 on 2012-07-22

Marcus, E. du B.-R. 1957: Notes on some opisthobranch gastropods from the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake science, 13(4): 300-317. doi:10.2307/1351113 JSTOR

Bergh R. 1864. Anatomiske bidrag til kundskab om Aeolidierne. Det Kongelige Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afdeling, 7: 139–316
ICZN. (1966). Opinion 776. Cratena Bergh, 1864 (Gastropoda): Added to the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 93-94
Paper on nomenclature

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